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PHYSICA B-CONDENSED MATTER
Volume 403, Issue 18, Pages 3141-3145Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/j.physb.2008.03.024
Keywords
nanoparticles; antiferromagnetism; finite size effects
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- the Chinese Academy of Sciences
- the Innovation Fund of Institute of Physics
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Anti ferromagnetic Co3O4 nanoparticles with diameter around 30nm have been synthesized by a solution-based method. The phase identification by the wide-angle X-ray powder diffraction indicates that the CO3O4 nanoparticle has a cubic spinel structure with a lattice constant of 0.80843(2) nm. The image of field emission scanning electron microscope shows that the nanoparticles are assembled together to form nanorods. The magnetic properties of Co3O4 fine particles have been measured by a superconducting quantum interference device magnetometer. A deviation of the Neel temperature from the bulk is observed, which can be well described by the theory of finite-size scaling. An enhanced coercivity as well as a loop shift are observed in the field-cooled hysteresis loop. The exchange bias field decreases with increasing temperature and diminishes at the Neel temperature. The training effect and the opening of the loop reveal the existence of the spin-glass-like surface spins. (C) 2008 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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